[council] GNSO Council Agenda Item: ICANN FY Budget and Ops Plan Standing Committee
Wolf-Ulrich.Knoben
wolf-ulrich.knoben at t-online.de
Wed Oct 11 21:13:22 UTC 2017
Thanks Berry!
With respect to the draft charter I'd like to hear on the call the
rationale to limiting committee membership just to council members.
Best regards
Wolf-Ulrich
Am 10.10.2017 um 16:15 schrieb Berry Cobb:
>
> Dear Council Members,
>
> Staff wanted to draw your attention to one of the agenda items in
> preparation for the Council call on 12 October.
>
> You might recall discussions at ICANN59 about the possible formation
> of a standing committee to assist the GNSO Council’s participation in
> the annual ICANN Fiscal Year Budget and Operating Plan process and to
> become more proactive in preparation of public comments on behalf of
> the Council. Attached, you will find a draft document that first
> contains a call for volunteers within the Council and secondly the
> document contains a proposed draft charter for the standing committee
> activities. Should the Council support the standing committee
> formation and with adequate volunteers, the charter can then be
> further refined and later approved by the Council.
>
> In related news, you just saw a note sent by the Council Chair with
> the announcement of the public comment period for the PTI FY19 draft
> budget. In the past, the Council has not submitted public comments
> because it is more to do with operations that affect registry
> operators and less to do with policy development. However, that does
> not prevent the Council from submitting comments for this cycle. The
> comment period will close *_26 November_*. The target for PTI budget
> approval is *_9 January 2018_*. There will also be two sessions at
> ICANN60 relating to the FY19 Budget:
>
> ·ICANN Budget Basics (30 Oct, 1515-1645) http://sched.co/CbEv
>
> ·Budget Working Group (1 Nov, 1030-1400) http://sched.co/CbGT
>
> Also, ICANN Finance held an FY19 Planning webinar in September
> <https://community.icann.org/display/projfinadhocws/FY19+Planning+Process>.
> The public comment window for the ICANN Org budget is set to begin on
> *_15 January_* until *_4 March 2018_*. You might notice this schedule
> is earlier than prior years to allow the ICANN Board to approve the
> budget and still provide adequate time for review by the Empowered
> Community (EC). The earlier process cycle and Board approval is to
> mitigate ICANN Org from having to enter into the “care-taker budget”
> process should the EC choose not to reject the budget. Staff will
> remind the Council often as key milestones on the budget process draw
> near.
>
> Thank you for your attention and staff looks forward to assisting the
> Council on this process.
>
> B
>
> Berry A. Cobb
>
> 720.839.5735
>
> mail at berrycobb.com <mailto:mail at berrycobb.com>
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